WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 
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Very attractive and exceedingly beautiful plants, embracing 
a great variety of rich colors; effective in beds, masses and 
mixed borders. Hardy annuals. 
White Pearl. Dwarf, pure white.Pkt. 5 
Fairy Queen. Blush, with carmine spots. 5 
Bijou. Dwarf, pure white flowers marked with a dark 
rose spot. 5 
Duchess of Albany. Pure white, large size. 5 
Lady Albemarle. Brilliant dark crimson. 5 
The Bride. Crimson and white, fine. 5 
Fine Mixed. Peroz.,50cts. 5 
GOLDEN FEATHER. tSee Pyrethrum.) 
GOURDS. 
Ornamental gourds of extremely rapid growth. Very desirable 
for covering walls or trellises, and producing remarkable and 
curious fruit. Tender annual climbers, 10 to 20 ft. 
Orange. The well-known Mock Orange.Pkt. 5 
Egg Shaped. White; fac-simile of an egg. 5 
Pear Shaped.. Exceedingly beautiful fruit, with rings 
running round it; green ends. 5 
Bottle. Handsome and useful. 5 
Corsican. Elegant fruit and rapid climber. 5 
Chinese Loofa. Sponge or dish rag. 5 
Siphon, or Dipper. Long, slim handles, useful for dip¬ 
pers . 5 
Powder Horn. In the form of a powder horn. 5 
^Hercules’ Club. The longest of all the varieties .... 5 
-Sugar Trough. Large, round. The shells when dried 
and excavated are used as water holders. 5 
Mixed Ornamental Varieties. Peroz.,40cts. 5 
GREVILLEA. 
Robusta. A very beautiful and graceful decorative plant, 
with fern-like foliage ■; excellent for table decoration, 
3 to 5 ft.Pkt. 10 
GYPSOPHILA, 
Pretty hardy plants; will grow in any garden soil. G. Muralis 
is well suited for rook work. G. Paniculata is an effective 
plant in shrubberies. 
Muralis. A charming little plant, covered with beautiful 
pink blossoms. Hardy annual, % ft .Pkt. 5 
Paniculata. White, fine foe bouquets. Hardy peren- 
GR ASSES 
(ORNAMENTAL.) 
The Ornamental Grasses are valuable for decorative purposes 
when dried and arranged in connection with the Everlasting 
Flowers for winter bouquets, etc. Some are curious-looking 
plants, others exceedingly graceful; some neat and compact, 
others stately and majestic. The more slender and grace¬ 
ful varieties are very decorative. 
Agrostis Nebulosa. A very graceful and pretty grass, 
charming for borders; annual, 1% ft.Pkt. 5 
Avena Sterilis. (Animated Oats.) Drooping, very grace¬ 
ful ; annual, 2 ft. 5 
Briza Maxima. (Quaking Grass.) Very pretty; annual, 
1% ft. 5 
Gracilis. (Small Quaking Grass.) Very delicate and 
graceful; annual, 1 ft. 5 
Bromus Brizaeformis. An elegant Briza-like grass .... 5 
Coix Lachrymse (Job’s Tears.) 2 ft. Per oz., 25 cts. . . 5 
Erianthus Ravennae. A stately and picturesque grass, 
resembling the Pampas with its silvery-white plumes; ' 
half-hardy perennial, 7 ft.10 
Eragrostis Elegans. (Love Grass.) Very graceful and 
beautiful; annual, 1 ft. 5 
Eulalia Japonica. One of the most beautiful of the tall 
growing grasses, 5 ft.10 
Gymnothrix Latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass; half- 
hardy perennial, 10 ft.10 
Gynerium Argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) The finest orna¬ 
mental grass in cultivation, 10 ft. Half-hardy peren¬ 
nial .10 
Lagurus Ovatus. (Hare’s Tail.) Small white plumes; an¬ 
nual, 1 ft. 5 
Stipa Pennata. (Feather Grass ) One of the prettiest and 
most interesting; perennial, 2 ft.10 
Collection of 12 Varieties; Ornamental Grasses.50 
HELIOTROPE. 
The Heliotrope, from its fragrance and neat appearance, is a 
general favorite; and is equally desirable as a pot or a bed¬ 
ding plant. In favorable situations, it will attain to great 
size, and bloom almost throughout the year. Sow on heat 
and transplant. 
King of Blacks. Splendid .Pkt. 10 
Finest varieties mixed.10 
